A long-term expansion plan is taking shape as Hitachi India prepares to strengthen its workforce and deepen its role in India’s fast-growing infrastructure and technology sectors.
Hitachi India will add more than 5,000 employees over the next 5 years. The hiring will focus on energy, artificial intelligence, and resources. These investments will be linked to the company’s global centres of excellence, said Bharat Kaushal, executive chairman of Hitachi India, while speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The company currently employs 42,000 people across its businesses in India.
The recruitment plan supports Hitachi’s strategy to benefit from rising investment in India’s energy and rail sectors, along with the increasing use of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and industrial automation. India has become a key growth market for the group. Hitachi is expanding not only in manufacturing but also in digitally enabled services.
Government efforts to upgrade urban infrastructure and modernise the energy grid have drawn multibillion-dollar investments from Japanese and other global companies. Hitachi aims to build on this momentum by developing scalable and affordable solutions in India and then exporting them worldwide.
Kaushal said the company wants to take solutions proven in India to global markets. He also pointed to rising uncertainty caused by geopolitical tensions that have disrupted supply chains and trade routes. “There is a huge uncertainty, and everyone’s rethinking across the world,” Kaushal said. “In India, you’ve kind of conquered the chaos better, or you’re in a better position to conquer the chaos.”
Under the government’s “China plus one” approach, Indian firms are being encouraged to manufacture locally to reduce dependence on China. Kaushal said this shift is challenging. “It’s about an ecosystem, one China already has in a very robust manner.” Still, he believes global supply chain changes will favour India’s energy, rail, digital, artificial intelligence, and service sectors.
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